L. GLORIA SHALBERG, 92 years, of Fremont, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at the Fremont Area Medical Center.

Lenore Gloria Isabel (Erickson) Shalberg was born May 31, 1919, in Oakland, Nebraska, to Walter and Anna (Bring) Erickson. She grew up on a farm west of Oakland, south of West Side Methodist Church. She received her education in a Burt County rural school and graduated from Oakland High School. After graduation, Gloria worked part-time in Omaha.

On December 21, 1941, Gloria was married to A. R. “Rick” Shalberg at West Side Methodist Church in rural Oakland.

Their first home was in Hollywood, California, where she worked as a “Rosie the riveter” until their first son, Bruce was born in 1943. When her husband, Rick was drafted, Gloria moved back to Oakland and lived with her folks on the farm where their second child, Bonnie was born in 1944.

After the war, Gloria and Rick bought a jewelry store in Oakland, where two more children were born, Linda in 1946 and Tom in 1950. Gloria was active raising her family and working part-time at the jewelry store. She was an active member of West Side Methodist Church, Eastern Star and the RQ Club until they sold their store and moved to Norfolk, Nebraska. There she worked for Schwesers Dept. Store, where she became head of the bridal department. They moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, and became a “home away from home” for several college students. She worked for Miller & Paine Dept. Store and stayed active in her RQ Club and Eastern Star.

She and Rick moved to California in 1970 and had the opportunity to travel all over the world, but always spent Christmas with her family. She moved back to Nebraska after her husband died in 1991 and for the past eight years has resided at Shalimar Gardens and for a brief time at Nye Legacy in Fremont.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard; parents; two sisters, Myrtle Quist and Leila Erickson.

Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Bruce and Mary Sue Shalberg of Village of Loch Lloyd, MO, Tom and Jennifer Shalberg of Lake Ozark, MO; daughters and sons-in-law, Bonnie and Jerry Herbolsheimer of Plymouth, MN, Linda and Daryl Kent of Palm Desert, CA; sister, Viola Enstrom of Oakland; sister-in-law, Lona Shalberg of Norman, OK; eight grandchildren, Brad and Lara Herbolsheimer of Zurich, Switzerland, Chad Ellington of Bloomington, IL; Kipton Shalberg of AZ, Jim Herbolsheimer of Thornton, CO, Tiffany Shalberg of Overland Park, KS, Tori Shalberg of Kansas City, MO, Angie and Eric Scheitlin of Ballwin, MO, Audra Shalberg of Chicago, IL; step-grandchildren, Shana Kent of Brooklyn, NY, Colleen Kent of Kansas City, MO, Tyler and Darin  Kent of Edmond, OK; eight great grandchildren; two step-great grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.

FUNERAL SERVICE: Monday, August 1, 2011, 11:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Fremont.

VISITATION:: Sunday with the family receiving friends from 6 - 8 p.m. at Pelan Funeral Home in Oakland and Monday at the church one hour prior to the service.

BURIAL: Westside Cemetery, rural Oakland, Nebraska

MEMORIALS: First United Methodist Church, Fremont, NE or donor's choice

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